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lfstudios10
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Host Hardware system board status - Dell T420

I have a Dell T420 that was recently upgraded to esxi 6.7 15160138. I realize that it is not officially supported however all seems to be ok.  I have that blasted 'host hardware system board status' error and I cannot seem ot get rid of it.  In following some forums, including some posts here, I attempted to install Dell EMC OpenManage Add-on 9.4.0.  This was of no help.  I realize there are ways to mute or silence the alarm however I'd like to see if we can get to the bottom of this so esxi does indeed properly function for future alarms.  Any ideas?

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ashilkrishnan
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Hi

Yes, officially Dell T420 is supported up to version 6.5 U3. 6.7 install might work, however it might report issues/errors due to hardware incompatibility in near future..

You can try the following:

1. Connect to Dell Open Manage application/iDRAC interface and check the system event logs. If there are no relevant errors for action, please clear the system event logs.

VMware Knowledge Base

2. Ensure bios and other hardware firmware's are up to date.

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